Opened 19 years ago
Closed 19 years ago
#1977 closed defect (fixed)
GTK+ 2.8.17 test needs an X session running
| Reported by: | particlehunter | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 6.2.0 |
| Component: | BOOK | Version: | SVN |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | |
| Cc: |
Description ¶
GTK+ 2.8.17 instructions need to be updated to reflect the fact that, in order to run all the tests, user must be running X (only in the test phase). If not the case, GTK+ issues a warning about not being able to open the display and the test exits with error
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 19 years ago
comment:2 by , 19 years ago
If anything is mentioned about the building of docs taking a long time, it should be added to the "Commands Explanation" blurb about gtk-doc.
I don't believe it should be mentioned in the SBU area (no modifications are necessary) as it is not the default.
Why would anyone want to *rebuild* the documentation anyway? You end up with the same thing that is already shipped in the source tree. Seems silly to me to rebuild what already exists.
comment:3 by , 19 years ago
In gtk-doc explanations? not sure... maybe it would be the correct place, but still... the time I told you about applies to the compilation of GTK+, not GTK-Doc
anyway, I don't think it will be harmful to add something as simple as:
--enable-gtk-doc: This switch will rebuild the API documentation during the make command (this would take some time due to the extensive documentation installed) or something similar, but it's only my oppinion... I belive it should be mentioned, just for the user's information
Julio
comment:4 by , 19 years ago
What you're saying to do is *exactly* what I said. Please reread my comment. But no matter, we're on the same page. Though I still think it silly to rebuild what already exists. Perhaps that should be said instead. :-)
comment:5 by , 19 years ago
oops, sorry... you're right *blame myself*, have to read better before posting :(
comment:6 by , 19 years ago
Added a note to the GTK+-2 instructions about rebuilding the documentation taking a very long time.
comment:7 by , 19 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Added a note about the X Window display requirement.
on a side note, it would be nice to modify the SBU computation to reflect the fact the documentation take *ages* to compile (haven't measured it in an exact way, but around 15-20 minutes for me (1.60GHz Pentium-M 725)) if you pass the --enable-gtk-doc option to the configure script